(Rawstory) Exclusive: Murdered ex-KGB officer was working for British security company

[sabra]

http://www.rawstory.com/printstory.php?story=4019

Exclusive: Murdered ex-KGB officer was working for British security company
Filed by Larisa Alexandrovna

Alexander Litvinenko, the ex-KGB/FBS officer who was recently murdered in London, was working for a British security firm at the time of his death, two well placed British sources who wish to remain unidentified tell RAW STORY.

One of the 12 to 24 polonium contamination sites in the Piccadilly area of London identified by British authorities was the office of the security and risk management company Erinys International Ltd.

Erinys has been a player in international relations since it was founded in 2002 by Sean Cleary, a South African Apartheid-era official with ties to Angolan right wing extremist Jonas Savimbi, and Jonathan Garratt, a former British Guards officer. Cleary left the firm in October 2003. Garratt, for his part, has strong ties to Ahmed Chalabi, the notorious source of Iraq pre-war WMD fabrications, and managed to land Erinys an $86 million dollar contract to guard Iraqi oil pipelines after US-led forces began war with Iraq.

Two separate British sources who, given the security risk, asked to not be identified in any specific way, have confirmed that Litvinenko was working on contract for Erinys. Given the focal point of the company, Litvinenko’s employment has proven to be an interesting development.

[lala_rawraw]

1. Kicky Kick!!

:>

[redqueen]

2. wow

it'll be a while before we even know the half of it

[Eugene]

3. This just keeps getting more tangled.

A security/intelligence turf war motive sounds semi-plausible.
It may even help this unorthox method of killing make sense.

At any rate, the list of suspects just got much longer.

Recommended

[daleo]

4. British security company ---> links to Iraq mercenaries

Maybe links to the BFEE?

[0007]

11. I'd bet on it!

[DemReadingDU]

5. afternoon kick

[lala_rawraw]

6. night (horrid self promo) kick

:D

[kineneb]

7. lots of interesting info at Der Spiegel

For those who can read German, there are several articles there, including this one. As I mused in another post, what did Kovtun do... roll around in the polonium? The alpha particles do not pass through paper, so something odd is up here.

http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,453823,00.html

[hang a left]

8. Doesn't Ex-I Saved NY

have a security company in the area as well???

Very freaking interesting. As someone said upthread the suspect list just got quite a bit longer.

KNR

[Ronbrynaert]

9. here's a...

kick

[myrna minx]

10. "Litvinenko’s employment has proven to be an interesting development."

I'd say! This tale becomes more and more mysterious.

[lala_rawraw]

12. apparently only to

intel junkies like me and you... the rest of the nation? they are watching American Idol

[myrna minx]

13. Thank you for this article, lala.

This is jaw dropping cloak and dagger stuff. While audiences are pouring into the theater to see the new James Bond film, all they would need to do is open their papers to A32 to read the true crime espionage. I wonder where this all goes?

[legin]

14. Just one thing that worries me

In a dictorship how do you censor a news story ?

Close the newspaper down and lock up the editor and reporter.

In a democracy how do you censor a story ?

Flood the 'news arena' with massive amounts of contradictory information, as much as possible.